Comments on: Alternative Treatment for Costochondritis; Marijuana (Cannabis) http://www.mcsocal.com/blog/alternative-treatment-for-costochondritis-marijuana-cannabis Medical Marijuana Card - Orange County Marijuana Clinic - Doctor Breen Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: kasondra http://www.mcsocal.com/blog/alternative-treatment-for-costochondritis-marijuana-cannabis#comment-150 kasondra Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:36:53 +0000 http://mcsocal.com/blog/?p=328#comment-150 I have been suffering from constant pain from chronic costochondritis for over a year now.I have been diagnosed with Psoriatic arthritis and secondary Fibromyalgia. My rheumetologist refuses to give me pain medication(said that narcotics don't work on inflammatory pain?)And the pain clinic has only offered NSAID patches that don't work and injections that could damage the cartlidge and may not work. I am considering applying for medical marijuana(available in my state MT) and hopefully can get my doctor to sign the paperwork stating I have been diagnosed with a qualifying condition. Any advice and tips on talking with a doctor that I am guessing will be resistent to the idea? I feel like I am currently out of options and have been living for nearly 2 yrs in 24/7 pain. All I want is a an hour or two of relief a week. Heck I'd settle for an hour every two weeks at this point. I have been suffering from constant pain from chronic costochondritis for over a year now.I have been diagnosed with Psoriatic arthritis and secondary Fibromyalgia. My rheumetologist refuses to give me pain medication(said that narcotics don’t work on inflammatory pain?)And the pain clinic has only offered NSAID patches that don’t work and injections that could damage the cartlidge and may not work. I am considering applying for medical marijuana(available in my state MT) and hopefully can get my doctor to sign the paperwork stating I have been diagnosed with a qualifying condition.

Any advice and tips on talking with a doctor that I am guessing will be resistent to the idea? I feel like I am currently out of options and have been living for nearly 2 yrs in 24/7 pain. All I want is a an hour or two of relief a week. Heck I’d settle for an hour every two weeks at this point.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.mcsocal.com/blog/alternative-treatment-for-costochondritis-marijuana-cannabis#comment-149 Jordan Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:21:11 +0000 http://mcsocal.com/blog/?p=328#comment-149 It's so relieving to finally find this information. I have been treating my Costochondritis with cannabis for a number of years, with all the Doctors here in the UK saying that it isn't beneficial for the condition, even after i explained that it has the same effect as the opiate based painkillers and anti-inflamatories that i was being prescribed, in fact the cannabis was far superior. Was growing my own, and got raided, taken to court, and forced to prove i was switching over to the prescribed medication, that is highly addictive. Because the so called "medical experts" and the judges in court said that cannabis was in no way beneficial to my condition. wish i had found this article before so i could have shown it in court, for now i have a criminal record, just for trying to medicate myself for a very painful condition It’s so relieving to finally find this information. I have been treating my Costochondritis with cannabis for a number of years, with all the Doctors here in the UK saying that it isn’t beneficial for the condition, even after i explained that it has the same effect as the opiate based painkillers and anti-inflamatories that i was being prescribed, in fact the cannabis was far superior. Was growing my own, and got raided, taken to court, and forced to prove i was switching over to the prescribed medication, that is highly addictive. Because the so called “medical experts” and the judges in court said that cannabis was in no way beneficial to my condition. wish i had found this article before so i could have shown it in court, for now i have a criminal record, just for trying to medicate myself for a very painful condition

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